Plasterboard clip



Oct. 14, 1952 J. s. RAYNOR, JR 2,613,416

PLASTERBOARD CLIP Filed Feb. '3, 1950 2 SHEETSSHEET 1 INVENTOR ATTORNEY Oct. 14, 1952 J. S..RAYNOR, JR 2,513,416

PLASTERBOARD CLIP Filed Feb. 5, 1950 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 INVENTOR BY i I A:I'TORNEY I Patented Oct. 14, 1952 v UNI D .STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,613,416 I i P A s'r RBoARn c IP John s, Raynor, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa. Application February 3,1950, Seriall \To.142,09 8 j My invention relates'l', to a. new and useful plaster board clip and has forgone 'of its objects to produce a simple and inexpensive article of this character for firmly-securing sheets of relatively stiff material, such as metallath, plaster board and insulating sheets, to metal beams, joists, studs and similarsupporting means.

Another object of the invention is to produce a clip of the kind mentioned from a piece of wire fashioned to provide a leg, areachbar, a finger at one endof said reach bar, a shank and a beak, the latter projecting towards and terminating short of said finger.

Another object of this; invention is to produce a clip consisting of a leg with a head at the upper end thereof, said head being substantiallyrec tangular in shape and consisting of a reach bar at right angles to the leg, '9. finger at right'angles to said reach bar at the'outer en'dthereof; a shank also at right angles to the reach bar at the inner end thereof and parallel with the finger, and an inturned beak projecting towards and spaced from said finger and converging slightly towards the reach bar. 2 V I Another object of the present invention is to produce a clip of'the charactermentioned comprising the leg and head, which latter includes the shank having a mainportion at right angles to the reach bar and a secondaryportion at an board and insulating sheets, are fastened'to thev steel channels. Byv the use of the present clip the steel channels and-the operations necessary to erect them are eliminated. Therefore a fur--v ther object of my invention is to construct a wall core or provide a building construction employing supports in the form of beams, joists, studs or equivalent elements, a base rail of appropriate formation, sheets of material disposed at random across the supports, means to attach contiguous material sheets together at their joints, and clips of unique formation to engage the supports in secure fashion and extend in endwise alignment, in groups or series, across the facesof the material sheets with theadjacent clips of each series in interlocking engagement.

A still further object of this invention is to finger end.

produce a clip structure in which a plurality of clips are to be assembled in coacting interlocking relation, each clip comprising a substantially rectangular skeleton head and a pendant leg, said head defined by a reach bar with a finger at the outer end and a shank at the inner end terminating in a beak, said head being attached to the edges of fiat elements, such as flanges of T or I-beams, flat bars and the like, by engaging the beak behind one edge of a support-and rotatin'g said head, with the leg as the a'xis,.until'the finger engages the opposite edge of the support. With the above and other objects in vi'ewthis invention consists of the details of construction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth andthen designated by the claims. In order that those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains may understand how to make and use the same I will describe its construction in detail referring by numerals to the accompanying drawing forming a part hereof, in which:

Fig. l is a fragmentary perspective view of 'a building wall core, partition or the like.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary section on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view 'of one of the'iclips with a portion of the leg'broken out. I

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the fasteninig inembers for holding material sheets at their 0 n s.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional perspective of a base rail,

Fig. 6 is an isometric view, on a reduced scale, of a ceiling'showing an application of the invention in overhead work. g

Fig. '7 is an enlarged perspective view of a modified form of clip with a portionpf the leg broken out and showing the manner of interlocking another clip therewith. i

Fig. 8 is a top plan view of Fig. 7, theleg of the companion clip being shown in section.

Fig. 9 is an edge view thereof looking at the -'In carrying out my invention as hereinembodied l0 represents suitable supporting means,

beams, T-ironsor flat strips to provide relatively thin flanges or edges to which the clips, hereinafter described may be attached, Thev supporting means :may be suitably spaced apart as long as theircombined strength will support the appiied load. j l r Stiff material sheets [6, such as plaster board,

rail 13 is, preferably. first installed and attached to the supporting means. The starting rail may be any appropriate structure which will receive and retain the ends of the clip legs and, for pur In the application of each clip on the first course of material sheets. the clip head is passed over the edge of a material sheet farthest removed from the starting rail and the beak engaged be hind the flange or flat edge of a supporting means with the leg extending outward at an angle to the front face of the material sheet. Next the clip is rotated about the axis of the leg until the finger passes over the opposite edge of the supporting means. Thereafter the clip leg is moved into contact with the outerface of the material sheet which will draw the beak snugly against the back of the supporting means and throw the poses of illustration only, said starting rail is shown as a channel having one flange formed into corrugations H to produce sockets I 5. Fig.5.

After the starting rail has been installed the first course of material sheets 16, which are narrow, say one foot wide, and any desirable length are disposed across the supporting means In with a longitudinal edge of each inverted or placed ineng'agement with said starting rail. As each sheet is position'edit is secured to the supporting means by clips ILFigs. 1, 2, 3 and 6, or a modified form na thereof, Figs. 7, 8 and 9. After the first course of sheets has been erected thesecond course is installed and so onuntil the wall core is completed. It is to be understood that each succeeding course of sheets abuts the preceding one. 7 v

Each clip I! is preferably producedirom a'section of wire fashioned into form to provide a leg l8 from which extendsa secondary shank strand l9 projecting rearwardly at right angles to said leg. From the secondary shank element H! extends a laterally projecting lower beak strand 20 and at the desired location the wire is bent back upon itself to provide theupper beak strand 2!, the wire then following the lower shank strand l9 to form the upper shankstrand 22. Thus the shank and beak are both oi two-strand formation. From the shank, particularly the upper" strand thereof, extends the laterally projecting reach rod 23 at right angles to" said shank, The reach rod extends in the same general direction as the beak. although the latter converges slightly towards said reach rod, which is longer than said reach rod into an angular position relative to the faces of the material sheet as shown in Fig. 2.

.;Finally the whole clip structure is slid longitudinally or its leg or the supporting means until the free terminal of the clip leg engages a holding element, represented by a socket in the starting rail illustrated.

Upon erecting succeeding courses, the clips are assembled in the same manner on the supporting means. and across each material sheet but the terminal of the" leg or each succeeding clip is inserted in back of the reach rod of the preceding clip, or between said reach rod and thematerial sheet, adjacent the leg of said preceding clip. This will lock togetheif all of the clipsin each row. v Where the material sheets are rather soft, fragile or deformable, the-headset the clips may be driven into the edges'oi said material sheets so that the edges or contiguous sheets will meet throughout their entire lengths.

Particular attention is called to the fact that the weight or "pull"iof the sheets on the legs or the clipscause's a pivoting action which actually tends to force the" finger inwardly resulting in a firm. gripping efie'ct. Should the person usingthe cl ps feel, that further; securement is desirable the fisger'can be bent inwardly, as shown in dotted linesin Fig. 2, by a blow from a hammer or other instrument, and this, generally, is only donein overhead work.

In order to hold the meetingedges of contiguous sheets-togetherbetween the locations of thesupporting means iastening members 25 may beak and from the outer end of which extends the rearwardly projecting finger 24" at right angles to the reach rod. The finger 24 is aDDfo'ximately parallel with the shank andspaced mm the terminal end of the beak. The shank, beak,

reach rod and finger combined form the head of the clip from which the leg. l8 e'x't'endsas, a pendant beingf located at the corner or theshank and reach rod." 1

The modified form of clip 1 1a, illustrated in Figs. '7, 8 and 9, also includes the leg l8 'a, the lower shank and beak elements i9a and 2021, respectively, the upper beak and shank elements 2m and 22a, res eeuveIy, the reach rod icend the finger 24a, but instead of shank elements being inthe same vertical plane the lower'shanl; element lsdis canted inwardly from its point r} connection with the lower beak element 20a to wardsthereach red 2311', to provide an opening or-s'pace between the upper and lower shank ele-' ments of suilic'ient size to receive the leg of a succeeding clip, as plainly shown in- Fig. 8.

As above stated a material sheet IBgof thefirst course is engaged with the-starting rail l3 and the desired number of clips. are appliedthre'to'.

be utilized. As herein illustrated, each fastening member is produced from a section of wire fashioned to producean: axle 26, Fig. 4. from each-end of which. projects a spoke 21, preferably parallel, and with. each spoke'is formed a ring 28, the. ends of which terminate adjacent their re spectiye spokes".

' A fastening. member may-be used between the join-ts o'f=two or thfe'e material sheets, especially at the. corners or two or them, and is merely slipped over" tneappr opnate edge or was of the sheet or sneetsin-tne receding course and the edge'or edges of the sheet dr'sheets in a succeed 'ing. course slipped in between the rings whereby said rings willb'e disposed'on'opposit'e sides of the sheets.

Fromthe rorego nglt win be apparent that I haveprodu ea a highly" eflicient cap which may seappued to front'oi' rear side of a flat oi flanged sup o ting -means by merely engaging. portions of the head withthe" edges thereof rather' thanbyencircling the' extreme rear por-' tion of the supporting, means.

Of course I'd'd' not wish to be limited to the exact details of construction herein shown and,

described as these'may be varied within the scope of the a pended claims .withoutdeparting from 75 the spirit. ofi intention. I

Having described my invention what I claim as new and useful is:

l. A clip produced from wire fashioned to provide a rectangular head comprising a reach rod of appreciable length, a relatively short finger extending from one end of said reach rod at right angles thereto, a primary shank strand of approximately the same length as said finger projecting from the opposite end of said reach rod and parallel to the finger, a primary beak strand projecting laterally from said primary shank strand at substantially right angles thereto and towards the finger but terminating short of the latter to provide an opening between said beak and finger, said reach rod, finger and primary shank and beak strands being in the same plane, a secondary beak strand parallel to the primary beak strand, a secondary shank strand parallel to the primary shank strand and substantially the same length therewith, strands being in the same plane which is parallel to the first mentioned plane, and a leg of considerable length extending from the secondary shank strand in the region of the junction of the reach rod and primary shank strand at right angles to both the reach rod and said primary shank strand.

2. A clip produced from'wire fashioned to provide a rectangular head comprising a reach rod of appreciable length, a relatively short finger extending from one of said reach rod at right angles thereto, a primary shank strand of approximately the same length as said finger projecting from the opposite end of said reach rod and parallel to the finger, a primary beak said secondary 6 strand projecting laterally from said primary shank strand at substantially right angles thereto and towards the finger but terminating short of the latter to provide an opening between said beak and finger, said reach rod, finger and primary shank and beak strands being in the same plane, a secondary beak strand parallel to the primary beak strand, a secondary shank strand extending towards the positions of the reach rod and finger and forming an acute angle with the beak strands to provide a space between the two shank strands adjacent the reach rod, said secondary strands being in the same plane which is parallel to the first mentioned plane, and a leg of considerable length extending from the secondary shank strand at right angles to both the reach rod. and said primary shank strand.

JOHN S. RAYNOR, JR.

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